Chair-strap for holding babies.



M. L. OARRINGTON. CHAIR STRAP FOR HOLDING BABIES. APPLICATION FILED JAN.21, 1909 928,305. Patented July 20, 1909.

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MARTHA L. GARBINGTON, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

CHAIR-STRAP FOR HOLDING BABIES.

T all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, h IARTIIA L. Linema- TON, a citizen of the United.States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements inChair- Straps for Holding Babies, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in chair straps for holding a baby,and the objects of my invention. are simplicity and economy inconstruction and efficiency and safety in use.

In the accompanying drawingz I iguro 1 is a perspective View of my chairstrap for holding a baby apphedto a chair seat. Fig.

2 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of my invention applied toholding a baby in a high chair.

By the use of my invention a baby may be held in place in the seat of ahigh chair securely and safely against falling out or squirming out andconsequent liability of accident and injury, and without unduerestriction in the movements or other inconvenience to the baby, all aswill be hereinaf ter described.

In the accompanying drawings 3 is a waist belt for passing around thebody of the baby at the waist, provided at its ends with a buckle 4 andholes 5, for adjustment to fit the waist of the baby, said buckle beingpreferably located at one side. Attached to the lower edge at the rearand spread apart a little, are two safety strap branch buckles 6.

7 is the safety strap, loosely attached to the front of the waistbelt3,by threading the said waist belt 3 through the slip loop 8 at thefront end of the said safety strap 7. Below said slip loop 8 the safetystrap 7 is provided with a take up device comprising a series of holes 9in the safety strap 7 and. a take up buckle 10 attached to the innerface of the safety strap 7, the front end of the said strap beingslipped through the buckle 10, as shown. Below the said take up devicethe safety strap 7 passes down and back underneath the seat with whichit is to be used. Such a seat, suitable for a baby for which myinvention is adapted, would ordinarily be provided with side arms andback, supported by uprights. In Fig. 1 one such upright 12 is shownprojecting upward from the back of the seat 11 at or adjacent to themiddle. At some point toward the rear of the seat 11 the Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed January 21, 1909.

Patented July 20, 1909.

Serial No. 473,452.

safety strap 7 divides into two safety strap branches 13, respectivelyright and left, which pass upward. from the back of the seat 11, andvforward, one each side of the seat upright 12 up to the safety strapbranch buckles 6, at the rear of the waist belt 7, to which they areconnected by means of bu ckle holes 14 in their ends, inclosing saidseat up right 12 in a triangle composed. of the two safety strapbranches 13 and the waist belt 3. In case there is any slack in thesafety strap when taken up by the buckle 10, the same may projectforward in the form of a loop, as 15, Fig. 1.

The manner of applying the device described for holding ababy in a seat,is as follows :The ends of the waist belt 3 are run buckled and the sliploop 8 is slipped off from the waist belt 3. After the baby is placed inthe seat, the front end of the safety strap 7 is brought upward betweenthe legs of the baby, the slip loop Sis again slipped onto the waistbelt 3, the safety strap branches 13 are located at the back so as tospread substantially equally to each side, the slip loop Sis brought toa position in the middle at the front, the ends of the Waist belt 3 areadjusted to fit the waist of the baby and the said ends are buckled bymeans of the buckle 4 and the series of holes 5. Finally, adjust ment ofthe safety strap is made either by means of the take up device in frontof the safety strap 7 or of the safety strap branches 13 and the buckles6, or both, in case any such adjustment is found necessary.

Even though the adjustments described are loosely made, danger ofslipping out of the strap or off from the seat is obviated by the safetystrap in combination with the belt strap and seat as described in anyposition the baby may assume, so long as the chair is maintained in itsnormal upright position, the reliance for safety resting in the factthat the safety strap is made in one piece.

It is apparent that some changes from the specific construction hereindisclosed may be made and therefore I do not wish to be understood aslimiting myself to the precise form of construction shown and described,but desire the liberty to make such changes, in working my invention, asmay fairly come within the spirit and scope of the same.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a strap for holding a baby in a seat, a waist belt for passingaround thebody and a safety strap for passing underneath the said seat,the said strap being connected by one end to the waist belt at the backin the rear of the said seat and by the other end to the front of thesaid belt in front of the said seat.

2. In a strap for holding a baby in a seat, a waist belt for passingaround the body and a safety strap for passing underneath the said seat,the said strap being removably attached by one end to a fixed point atthe back of the waist belt and adjustably attached to the front by meansof a loop in the end of the safety strap through which the waist belt isthreaded for varying laterally the point of attachment thereto.

3. In combination, a waist belt and a safety strap, said waist beltadapted to be socured around a babys waist and to receive the ends ofsaid safety strap, said safety strap integral from end to end, adaptedto pass under a chair seat, having its ends secured to said waist belt,and provided with take up means intermediate the said ends.

4. In combination, a waist belt and a safety strap, the said waist beltadapted to be secured around a babys waist and to receive the ends ofthe said safety strap, the said safety strap having a single front end,a fork at the rear so as to form two back ends, integral between thesaid ends, adapted to pass underneath a chair seat, and to receive achair upright Within the said fork at the rear,

and attached by its ends to the said waist belt.

5. In a strap for holding a baby in a seat, a Waist belt provided withmeans for connecting its ends and a safety strap divided at the rear endinto two branches, the ends spread apart and attached at two fixedpoints to the middle portion of the waist belt at the rear and havingits other end adjustably secured and arranged to slip laterally on thesaid waist belt at its middle front portion, the said safety strap withits ends thus secured being also provided with a take up device fortaking up the portion of the said safety strap between the said ends.

6. A high chair strap for holding ababy in a chair comprising a waistbelt having means for securing it around the waist, and a safety straphaving two branches at one end by means of which branches it is securedto the waist belt at the back and forms with a portion of the waist belta triangular opening for receiving an upright on the chair while thefront end of the said safety strap is detachably secured to the waistbelt at the front and a portion of the safety strap between the saidends passes underneath the chair seat.

MARTHA L. CARRINGT ON I/Vitnesses:

CEcIL L. WILCOX, SETH BARNES.

